Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-06
A MuRDEREsS.
Graniiio Admits the
Killing of Andres Martinez.

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killing of Andres martinez.
The mystery OF the murder Of Andres
Martinez at the Shoe Fly dive, on Los
Angeles street. Tuesday afterndDn was
cleared up yesterday morning by the
confession of Marguerite Granillo. who
admitted to the Chief of Police and to
Captain Tyler that she had done it. She
said that Andres had slapped her dur
ing quarrel and she stabbed him. She
described the knife she had used and
said she had given it to man ramed
John Meagher, because he had iold her
she would get into trouble if it was found
on her. Officer M. NJ. Dalton was dis
patched after Meagher, who denied hav.
ing the knife, but afterwards gave it up.
He had hidden it over the door of the
nrivv mt he back of the saloon. Meagher
explained that at the time of Marguerita's
arrest she had laid the knife on the to-
BILE behind the sugar-bowl and told him
where it was. He put it into his pocket,
but being afraid OF arrest and OF being
accused of the murder, he put it
over the privy door. The reason he
denied having knife at first
was that the policeman told him that
he wanted Teresa's knife. and as Teresa
(that is the Indian woman who was ac'
cused by Marguerita) had given him no
knife he denied having one. The knife
is pearl handled pocket knife, with
three incl. bowie blade upon which the
letters +. NJ. are burned with some acid.
It is more than likely that Meagher cs-
capped imprisonment and examination by
Marpuerito Granillo's confession yester-
day. as there was undoubtedly IN at
tempt made by the prisoners arrested ON
suspicion, on Tuesday night, to see II
the crime could not be fastened on to
him. Had the knife, Oh which there
was still cIot Of blood. been found in
Meagher's possession. as there really
was no eye witness to the s!apoing' o
plot to accuse him of it might have been
sue cessful for awhile and the real cul.
prit might have escaped meanwhile.
Teresa Pico and Bill Best. her paramour,
were discharged after Marguerite Ora.
nillo's confession, and she was charged
with murder before Justice Austin, on
the complaint of Captain Tyler. DR..
Will Z. Lindley made post mortem ex.
animation of the body OF Andres, and
found that the knife.blade had entered
the pericardium and the wall of the
right ventricle of the heart, through
which the blood escaped into the cavl'
ties of the body.
Coroner james Meredith held an in
quest upon the remains of the deceased
at the undertaking establishment OF Orr
l. Sutch, yesterday at 2 P. M. Assistant
District Attorney DuPuy conducted the
examination. The only testimony which
threw further light upon the crime was
that of Juan Lopez, q kind Of brother
in.law of Marguerite, who said that he
saw Andres Martinez in the back yard
of Cabos' house on Tuesday efternoon
at about 4 o'clock. He did not witness
the stabbing, but saw Marguerite trying
to pin shawl around him. She said to
the witness: "Brother-in-law, get me
a rope to tie this c--up." A boy re-
marked that Andres had blood on him.
Lopez then went towards them, showed
the woman away with his lett hand,
opened Andres coat. and saw
blood on his pants. He discovered
the wound and noticed that Andres was
dying. The people around the "Shoo'
Fly" sent for policeman, but the man
died before he came. Marguerite was
standing over him crying. When going
out with the policeman she put her
hand in her pocket aud threw some'
thing behind the kitchen door, the wit
ness did not know what. Marguerite
then told contradictory stories about the
murder. First she said it was done by
a man in blue suit of clothes and a
black mustache. Afterways she ac-
cused Teresa Pico. At that man
named Manuel, who lives at the saloon,
exclaimed: "Seize her, she knows who
did the cutting!" Andres lived about
twenty five minutes after the witness
tirst took notice of him. He thought
the accused was slightly intoxicated.
The prisoner was present at the in
QUESTION but had nothing to say before
the Coroner, although she admitted to
Deputy Sheriff Chas. Cruz that she
lad done the stabbing and that
Johnny Meagher had told her to
give him the knife to keep her out OF
trouble. The Jury returned Q verdict
in which they say that Andres Martinez.
an Indian, ,35 to 40 years of age, came to
his death on the 4th by knife wound
penetrating his chest to the heart and
that said wound was inflicted by Mar
,guerita Granillo. The prisoner was then
locked up in the County Jail to await
examination to-day.
The Police Commissioners ought to at
once close up the ''Shoo.Fly" saloon
which is one of the worst dives OF Los
Angeles street and keeps within the
neighborhood lot of criminals and
Iloafers that have no business within
three miles at least of the Court House.